{"id":1085,"date":"2008-01-10T23:30:08","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/01\/10\/hindraf-5-isa-detainees-hunger-strike\/"},"modified":"2008-01-10T23:30:08","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T15:30:08","slug":"hindraf-5-isa-detainees-hunger-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/01\/10\/hindraf-5-isa-detainees-hunger-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindraf 5 ISA detainees hunger strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Hindraf 5 to go on hunger strike
http:\/\/malaysiakini.com\/news\/76905 <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soon Li Tsin | Jan 10, 08 2:09pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) will go on a hunger strike beginning Jan 20. <\/p>\n

\"\"P Uthayakumar, R Kenghadharan, M Manoharan, V Ganabathirau and T Vasanthakumar are currently being held at the Kamunting detention centre in Perak. <\/p>\n

Their lawyer M Kulasegaran said today the hunger strike is to protest against their unlawful detention without trial. <\/p>\n

The strike, which will last for five days, will commence at 7.30am on Jan 20 and end at 7.00pm on Jan 25. <\/p>\n

According to Kulasegaran, the five are also urging Malaysians to join them in the protest fast. <\/p>\n

“They strongly urged Malaysians especially the Indian community to join them in the fast to protest the unlawful detention without just cause and fair trial which is a serious violation of fundamental human liberties. <\/p>\n

“The five leaders informed me that they totally reject the reasons given to detain them as simplistic, frivolous and vexatious,” he said.<\/p>\n

‘Not too bad’<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

On their condition, Kulasegaran said the five are doing ‘not too bad’ but Kenghadharan – who is a vegetarian – is having trouble with the food being provided. <\/p>\n

This is not the first hunger strike held over their arbitrary arrest. Late last year, Singaporean artist<\/a><\/strong> Seelan Palay, 23, consumed only water for five days – one day for each detained member – outside the Malaysian High Commission. <\/p>\n

\"\"The Hindraf leaders gained fame when they organised a protest<\/a><\/strong> that saw 30,000 people hit the streets of Kuala Lumpur on Nov 25 last year.<\/p>\n

This was followed by the movement’s leaders and supporters being charged for a slew of offences including sedition, causing mischief and attending an illegal assembly. <\/p>\n

On Dec 13 last year, the five leaders were arrested under the ISA – a move anticipated by many after the government linked the movement to overseas terrorist groups. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the alleged terrorism charges against the five will be heard by the ISA advisory board on Jan 14 at the detention centre. <\/p>\n

“The advisory board will conduct a hearing on the allegation (of terrorism activities) against them. It’s a closed door hearing but the five will be represented by their lawyers,” Kulasegaran added.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hindraf 5 to go on hunger strikehttp:\/\/malaysiakini.com\/news\/76905 Soon Li Tsin | Jan 10, 08 2:09pm The five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) will go on a hunger strike beginning Jan 20.  P Uthayakumar, R Kenghadharan, M Manoharan, V Ganabathirau and T Vasanthakumar are currently being held at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21,133,148,27,105],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-hindraf","tag-isa","tag-perak","tag-protest","tag-uthaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}